What: The Brazilian Endowment for the Arts proudly invites you and your friends to the extraordinary night of our first celebration of the Portuguese language, Lusofonia. it will be an exciting event with poetry, lecture and art! We will be counting with the illustrious presence of Dr. Arnaldo Saraiva (a correspondent member of the Academy of Letters in Brazil) and the brilliant artists: Costa Val, Cila Santos, Isabel Amaro, Helena Alves, Rene Nascimento, Leonor Alvim, Miguel Garcia, Shirley Pedrosa, Miriam Rylands and Andreia Santos.

The BRAZILIAN ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, a non-profit organization, which aims to promote Brazilian culture, arts and literature in the United States. Our programs consist of monthly conferences, art exhibits, Portuguese lessons, films and documentaries, and the “Saraus”, Brazil’s musical soirees.

Our library has been visited by prestigious guests as Jose Sarney, a former President of Brazil, and Ana Maria Machado, both of whom are members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. We have received the former Speaker of the House, Tomaz Nonô, Ambassador GraçaLima and his wife Mariza, and the cultural attache and poet, Davino Sena. We have welcomed exponents of the arts, sciences and literature: Prof. Gregory Rabassa,; the brazilinista Kenneth Maxwell; the historian Jordan Young; the writer and journalist Luiz Carlos Lisboa; dozens of writers, musicians, artists and actors such as former Miss Pernambuco and Vice Miss Brazil, Núbia Santana, Reinaldo Cotia Braga, Moema Caveiro Campos, and Sergio Duarte, poet and special ambassador at the United Nations.

We have already had exciting events such as “A Night in Soho” with dancing, music, and poetry. The “Festa Junina” opened the summer season with traditional costumes, food, dance, the quadrilha. In addition, we have enjoyed special performances of samba and capoeira by sambista Quênia Ribeiro, and the capoeirista Caxias.

The Brazilian Library is open to the public, housing a collection of more than 2,300 books submitted by our affiliates, such as the National Library, the Brazilian Academy of Letters and dozens of authors and individual donations.